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March 2000 JUG Meeting</h2>



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Triangle Java Users Group Presents:</h3></center>







<center><font size="+2">Internet Unplugged: The Wireless Revolution</font>



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<p><b>presented by</b>



<p><b>Dave Spitz</b>



<br><b>WindWire Inc.</b>



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<p>Monday, March 20, 2000&nbsp;



<br>6:30 PM - 9:00 PM&nbsp;



<p>LOCATION: MCNC Auditorium&nbsp;



<br>3021 Cornwallis Road&nbsp;



<br>Research Triangle Park, North Carolina&nbsp;



<p>919.248.1800&nbsp;</center>



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<br><font size="+1">Abstract:</font>



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<dir><font size="-1">The wireless revolution is suddenly here, and the Internet

        will never be the same. Learn about the current hot wireless

        technologies, especially WAP, who the players are, and how

        Java and XML fit into this new world order.



        Why should you care? By 2002, there may be over 1 billion

        wireless subscribers globally. [Source: Robertson Stephen



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Objective:</h3>







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<dir><font size="-1">Attendees will be able to:

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<li>Understand the basics of current wireless Internet technologies including WAP, Palm/PQA, and Bluetooth</li>

<li>Understand the role of Java, XML, WML, servlets, etc.</li>

<li>Identify the key players in this space</li>

<li>Write their first WAP application!</li>

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Format:</h3>







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The talk will last about one hour followed by Q & A.

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Brief biography of presenter:</h3>







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<dir><font size="-1"> Dave Spitz is the co-founder and CTO of WindWire Inc., a

        startup focused on delivering integrated wireless applications.

        [Plug: WindWire is hiring!]. Prior to forming WindWire,

        Spitz was a Senior Architect at Nortel Networks. Prior to

        Nortel, Spitz co-founded Netsation, a networking software

        startup that was acquired by Bay Networks in 1998. Spitz

        has a B.A. in Computer Science from the University of

        California at San Diego.</font></dir>



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AGENDA:</h3>



<b>6:30 - Meet, talk, snacks</b>



<p><b>7:00 Presentation</b>



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DIRECTIONS to MCNC:</h3>



<b>From Raleigh:</b>



<br>Take I-40 West toward Durham and Chapel Hill. You will enter RTP. Where



I-40 splits, bear right onto the Durham Freeway North (Highway 147). Take



the Cornwallis Road Exit. At the end of the exit ramp, bear right - cross



back over the Freeway. MCNC is located approximately 3/4 mile on the right.



<p><b>From Durham:</b>



<br>Get on the Durham Freeway South (Highway 147). Take the Cornwallis



Road exit. At the end of the ramp, bear right - MCNC is approximately 3/4



mile on right.



<p>Click here for <a href="http://trijug.org/mcnc/?/directions.html">map with



directions</a>, or visit the <a href="http://trijug.org/mcnc/?/gotomcnc.html">MCNC



web site</a>.











